580 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant on Birds 



above weighed 4 oz., and measured in the flesh 12 \ inches 

 in length. When shot it was feeding among tussock-grass, 

 of which the crop contained portions. 



77. Cyaxorhauphus nov^e zealandi^e (Sparrm.). 

 Plati/cercus nova zealandia Buller, B. New Zeal. i. pts. iv.— 



vi. p. 137, pi. iv. (1888). 



Cyanorltamphus nova zealandia Lorenz-Liburnau, Ann. 

 Hofmus. Wien, xvii. p. 313 (1902). 



a. $ adult. Dusky Sound, South I., New Zealand, 

 July 1901. 



The Red-fronted Parroquet has the iris red, the bill black, 

 bluish towards the base of the upper mandible, and the legs 

 black (F. //". I In t ton). 



78. Cyanorhamphus aucklandicus Bonap. 

 Cyanorhamphus aucklandicus Salvad. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 



xx. p. 584 (1891). 



a, b. $ $ adult. Adam I., Auckland Islands, 8th January, 

 1901. 



The Auckland-Island Parroquet has the iris black, the 

 base of upper mandible blue, and the remainder of the bill 

 and legs black (F. W. Huttori). 



This form is scarcely distinguishable from typical C. nova 

 zealandia, but its dimensions are less, the wing measuring 

 4'6-4'7 inches instead of 50-53. Moreover, in the majority 

 of specimens, the bill is much smaller, but this does not 

 always hold good in the case of females of C. nova zealandice. 



79. Cyanorhamphus auriceps (Kuhl). 



Platycercus auriceps Buller, B. New Zeal. i. pts. iv.— vi. 

 p. 142, pi. xvi. (1888). 



Cyanorhamphus auriceps Salvad. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xx. 

 p. 587 (1891) ; Lorenz-Liburnau, Ann. Hofmus. Wien, xvii. 

 p. 314 (1902). 



a. ? adult. Milford Sound, South Island, New Zealand, 

 23rd April, 1901. 



The Yellow-fronted Parroquet has the iris red, the bill 

 blackish-grey, and the feet yellowish-brown (F. W. Hutton). 



